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Psalms 60:2
2You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders.
Psalms 60:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
- New International Version (NIV)You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
Context of Psalms 60:2
1God, you have rejected us; you have broken us down; you have been angry. Restore us! You have shaken the land and split it open. Heal its fissures, for it shudders. 3You have made your people suffer hardship; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger. 4You have given a signal flag to those who fear you, so that they can flee before the archers.Selah
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הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 60:2
- Psalms 104:32He looks at the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they pour out smoke.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people. He raised his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like garbage in the streets. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.
- Amos 8:8Because of this, won’t the land quake and all who dwell in it mourn? All of it will rise like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains see you and shudder; a downpour of water sweeps by. The deep roars with its voice and lifts its waves high.
- Matthew 27:51Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
- Psalms 89:40You have broken down all his walls; you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
- 2 Samuel 2:8Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and moved him to Mahanaim.
- 2 Samuel 3:11Ish-bosheth did not dare respond to Abner because he was afraid of him.
- Isaiah 7:8The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin (within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),
- Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound.
- Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
Commentaries on Psalms 60:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou hast made the earth to tremble - This refers, doubtless, to some calamity that might be compared with an earthquake - some disaster, discomfiture, or defeat that had shaken their hopes, as a city is shaken by an earthquake. Such comparisons are common in the Scriptures. Thou hast broken it - As if it were broken up, or convulsed. Heal the breaches thereof - That is, Appear for thy people, and repair their disasters, as if after an earthquake thou…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4When God’s people experience his discipline, they affirm their loyalty and await God’s answer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. allude to disasters. cast ... off--in scorn (Psa 43:2; 44:9). scattered--broken our strength (compare 2Sa 5:20). Oh, turn thyself--or, "restore to us" (prosperity). The figures of physical, denote great civil, commotions (Psa 46:2, 3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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